Mississippi Wilderness area opened up for oil drilling

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Wilderness area opened up for oil drilling

The President has just signed a bill to open up Gulf Islands National Seashore to oil drilling. This chain of islands includes the gulf's largest concentration of bottlenose dolphins. Two of the islands are designated Wilderness areas-the most protected status.



"May 31, 2005 latimes.com : Nation

Wilderness Site May See Oil Drilling
By Julie Cart, Times Staff Writer

GULFPORT, Miss. -- Tucked away in the 96-page emergency military spending bill signed by President Bush this month are four paragraphs that give energy companies the right to explore for oil and gas insidea sprawling national park.

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So they snuck it in, casino interests are going to be pissed at the repukes, as will the sports fishermen. Who needs the sierra club, they have pissed off folks that rely on the clean gulf and the beautiful gulf view to survive.

Check out this Jackson Free Press article. There's also a discussion thread about the article as well

Maybe I'm missing something, but I see no Lott amendment to the budget (S. Con. Res. 18) that does this.

Anyone?

This is just fantastic. I can't wait for the first oil spill to ruin what's left after they rip up the ground constructing the rigs. :sarcasm: